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The Northwest Ordinance was made to terminate the claims of individual states and to organize the territory into new states. -
Before the Constitution could become a law and a new government could form, the document had to be ratified by nine of the thirteen states. -
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory. -
Tuner (A African-American Slave) and his followers had a rebellion that started at his Master's house killing everyone in his Master's family. They marched throughout Southampton County in Virginia, killing at least 55 people until white authorities crushed the revolt. Turner avoided capture for nearly two months before he was caught. -
The Gag Rule In Congress was made by the house of representatives who wanted to prohibit discussions and debates of the anti-slavery petitions. Was also made because of the 130,000 petitions that wanted abolition of slavery.
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The Mexican-American War was a war that fought over the Mexicans unwillingness to acknowledge Texas's independence, the desire of Texans who wanted statehood, and Americas desire for westward expansion. The Mexican-American War also marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.
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Wilmot Proviso, in U.S. history, important congressional proposal in the 1840s to prohibit the extension of slavery into the territories, a basic plank upon which the Republican Party was subsequently built. -
Harriet Tubman escaped by herself in late fall of 1849 when she found out she was gonna get sold to a new Master. She escaped with the help of the Underground Railroad and made it to freedom and soon missed family and went everywhere to save other slaves to freedom. -
The Compromise of 1850 included California being admitted to the Union as a Free State, the remainder of the Mexican cession was divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah, and also the claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico. -
Tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble and steadfast in his beliefs. While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva, an angelic and forgiving young girl, whose grateful father then purchases Tom. -
Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas. -
Having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court. -
The debates consisted of Douglas accusing Lincoln of being an abolitionist while Lincoln accused Douglas of wanting to nationalize slavery. These main topics were reflective of the major issues that the country was facing at a national level with both sides battling for what they thought would better the Union. -
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Sixteen people were killed in the raid, including ten of Brown's men. John Brown, Aaron Stevens, Edwin Coppoc, Shields Green, and John Copeland were taken to jail in Charles Town, Virginia, on October 19. -
The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which totaled 1,866,452, and 180 electoral votes. Lincoln was the 16th president and was president for 4 whole years. -
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding South. -
The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.